On the state of public health in England

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9856, 2012, Pages 1793-1795

  Davies, Sally C ^a   Fowler, Tom ^a   McKee, Martin ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 84869506542     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61955-2     Document Type: Note

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